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I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

~Anthony Kiedis

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I keep defying the odds, you know.

~Bubba Watson

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Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.

~Camille Paglia

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It's easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier.

~David Ignatius

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It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

~David Stern

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Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

~David Wilkerson

Topics: Agendas Astray Being Change Constitution Defying Given Governors Judges Led Mayors Nation Our Own Who Wicked

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Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.

~Eartha Kitt

Topics: Defying Doctors Doing Eat Eating Enjoying Everything He Him Himself People Really Supposed Wanted Welles Who

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When I did 'Frankenstein,' the record company said, 'Now you can do 'Dracula' and 'Wolf Man' and we'll call the whole thing Monster Rock!' and I said, 'No, that's not going to happen, I'm not going to do that.' I kind of enjoy defying categorization. I love music in and of itself. I love the beauty of harmony and rhythm.

~Edgar Winter

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Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

~Freddie Wong

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I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying a truth that has been accepted.

~George C. Wolfe

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